Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n

Opinion: The startup time is about 4 to 5 seconds, which is not very fast but acceptable. The 15 to 20 seconds mentioned in one of the other reviews is simply not true.

Opinion: When used in the comfort zone of this camera, enough light, very high quality pictures can be taken with this camera. The possibilities are endless but wel chosen. Noise levels are without much effort acceptable up to iso 400. Iso 800 is possible but requires more post processing effort when shot in color. In black and white not much is needed for nice pictures in 800 and even 1600 iso. The camera has a nice B&W option in the camera.
Processing speed is not a problem as long as you stick to the 14 MP raw format. The moment you include jpeg results or scale the raw files to another resolution you could be kept waiting untill the buffer is cleared.
This really is a camera for people who know about photography. If you just want to take pictures and don't want to think about the technology you better choose an Olympus, Fuji, Nikon, Sony or Canon.
The low iso settings are really nice for product photography. In most reviews only the noise is considered but not the smooth low iso results or the nice tonal curve, the jpeg-eri possibility and the tremendous headroom in the raw files.
The viewfinder is larger than the one of the Canon 5D mkII

Opinion: About the only significant thing I can say about this camera is that it can get extremely nice details with adequate light and slow ISO. If you aren't shooting at high noon, or with two or more balanced flashes running, forget about it.

That being said, if you do use it strictly for studio or high light shooting, and use the ISO 160 and lower, a nice nikkor, you can take some amazing shots. And if you shoot it right, and don't rely on your RAW convertor to bump your exposure, you will be rewarded.

Opinion: I recently bought the camera used knowing that I would handle it like a medium format body: often on a tripod, working slowly and methodically. This is not a camera for most purposes. Shoot only in Raw at base ISO, expose carefully using the histogram display and built in densitometer (a GREAT feature), and learn the sensor limitations. You will be rewarded with amazing images with great dynamic range and tonal delicacy. Each image needs some post-processing, but the results are worth it. Extensive menus with great flexibility.
The often overlooked 6mp Raw feature produces smaller, extremely smooth files with very little noise. Probably the best 6mp files of any camera at ISO 160.

Opinion: I have used many 135 format Digital SLR cameras.
Although Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n is very hard to use, image output has the best quality that I ever used.

Opinion: I like this camera a lot for my uses over the last year and a half. It has amazing image quality in RAW mode when used with good lenses at lower ISO- better than any other 35mm digital SLR that I have used, including the Canon 16mp, which is not as sharp for table top shots with strobe (but a better camera for many other purposes). It's got very good software for free, and is supported with ACR. I totally turn off noise reduction and sharpening in the Kodak software.That being said, it's not the best for action or low light high iso shooting. The 'noise problem' is bogus. The noise level is lower than in my Nikon digital cameras at similar iso and resolution. All DSLRs have higher noise at higher iso. At high iso settings I would rather selectively apply 3rd party software noise reduction later than have it done in camera to everythng. Also, no clipped highlights in raw mode (about 1.5 stops over exposure latitude, the DCS760 had about 2 stops; our Nikons had about .5 stops and clipped regularly on white wedding dresses). Good color and tonal range. Long battery life. Of several 35mm DSLRs I have owned or borrowed, this has the best image quality (although the Canon was also great for ease/speed/quality), and is only surpassed in resolution by my Betterlight scanning back, larger format film, or medium format digital (which we rent as the need arises).

Opinion: If you've read my reviews at the NIKON site, discussing the NIKON products, you'll appreciate this review of the KODAK DCS 14n Professional. Here it is, this is the camera we professionals have been waiting for. It's full frame 14 megapixel sensor delivers nearly perfect images in both RAW and JPEG formats. with no magnification factor, the wide angle lenses give true and accurate wide angle images with corner to corner sharpness. The color accuracy in all settings is magnificent. File sizes are very managable. I also shoot with a CONTAX 645 outfitted with a 22 megapixel back, I find myself defaulting back to my KODAK 90% of the time. At one quarter of the price of my 22mp back, the KODAK is a bargain at around 5K. The grossly overpriced competitors need to take heed, if they want to charge so much more for their products, they'd better come out with something that can out-shoot the KODAK, and I don't see that happening any time soon.
If you want truely professional results at a reasonable price..KODAK is your only choice.. Consider this;
1. Extremely high resolution
2. Full sized (24 x 36) CMOS sensor
3. Reasonably priced
4. Superb NIKKOR lenses, and lot's of em to choose from.
5. Rugged construction
6. Outstanding Customer service (if ever needed)

Opinion: Enthusiastic macrophotographers beware: I read on Rob Galbraith's website (http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-6452-6696) that the 85mm f/2.8 PC Micro-Nikkor cannot be mounted to the DCS Pro SLR/n, probably because of the bulky front. Quite an annoying construction flaw!

Opinion: This camera is great....for certain people, depending on what you shoot. I've had it for about 3 months and have found that under daylight conditions or strobe it's very sharp, very color accurate and produces very clean images. However, 95% of the time I'm shooting long exposures under hot lights (mostly 5K Arris or Moles) and the noise is absolutely unacceptable. I followed all the right procedures outlined in the manual for noise reduction but it just didn't help enough. The other issue I have is the preview. Waaaayyyy too long. A typical shoot day for me is 350 to 500 shots. I just can't wait for 10 or 15 seconds for the previews to pop up. You get a faster preview in the ERI mode but then you can't batch process the files in Photoshop, which I often need to do. But as I said, if you're not shooting under the conditions I deal with, it's actually a great camera. Next week I'm testing the Nikon D2x, the Canon Mark II and the Kodak together at the same shoot under hot lights. I'll try to post the results when I get a chance.